THE COLLEGE PASS MAN.

"He is not educated; he is only a college pass man." These words from one of Shaw's plays should strike a chord of profitable reflection in those who consider C a sufficient "gentleman's mark." At least one of the things for which most men come to college is, presumably, to acquire what is known as an education. No collegian would like to be obliged to carry his diploma about with him to prove that he really has a college degree. Most men have the desire for an education, even if not the will to acquire it.

The CRIMSON does not hope by any "urging" to abolish C and D as marks. Besides the fact, which was brought out two years ago by an investigation of the amount of work done by students of various grades, that there is a "C man," something can also be said in favor of the man who is active in other legitimate fields. Scholarship for its own sake will always be followed only by the few.

There is, however, no defense for the man who is a pass man by choice,--the man who chooses courses because they are reputed to be easy. It is intellectual curiosity, a conscientious striving to know, which distinguishes the man of culture from the complacent philistine. This spirit, combined with four years of effort,--not necessarily of the "grind" variety,--will make a man educated to the extent at least of not bringing shame upon the university whose degree he holds.